Sunday, May 31, 2020

As the
leader of the chant continued from her spot on the City Hall front
steps people driving by honked their horns, quick repeated taps to
show agreement. One driver slowed down and yelled at the rally
group: “Fuck cops!”

While
riots and looting have erupted in cities across the US this rally was
loud but peaceful

On May
25th
in Minneapolis, Minnesota a white cop kept pressing his knee on a
black man pinned down on the pavement, an action that resulted in the
death of George Floyd. During the protests that followed peaceful
demonstrators were overshadowed by violent mobs. Property trashed
and set on fire including police cars. All thanks to a thug wearing
a policeman's uniform ignoring the pleas of a man who said he was
dying. The other cops on the scene did nothing to intervene while
citizens with smartphones recorded the needless death.

Due to
the reckless disregard by a few cops some people regard all police
officers as bad. Two rally signs expressed the belief that there is
no need for any cops, a POV not necessarily embraced by other
demonstrators. OK, abolish all police officers but what will replace
them to keep law and order?